[COR-CH2B] The Battle of Golden Bay - A military history lesson

[Brickwolf]

At the Royal Military Academy, Corrington 1616 AE

Major Sir, Cadet Jenkins reporting class 1076 for the military history lesson Sir.

At Ease, get in and group around the holographic projection table.

Today you will learn about the Battle of Golden Bay which occured on the island of Serentia in 616. The Battle of Golden Bay is important because it was the first major land battle in the colonies at the begin of the age of exploration. Any engagements up to this point were only skirmishes.

Historical background:

In the early days of the year 616 Explorers from Corrington had discovered the island of Serentia. They soon discovered that the nation of Mardier had found the island before and built a small fort on the northeastern coast of the island. But apparently the Mardieran garrison had died of an unknown disease and the fort was abandoned. We know now that the Mardierans had called for reinforcements before the disease broke out.

Due to the Mardieran civil war which raged at that time only one company, the 121st Compania Infantria under the command of a Capitano Alonso, supported by a small artillery battery was dispatched to the island.

Capitano Alonso

To secure the resource rich island of Serentia, which was at that time the most promising of Corrington´s colonies, a battalion of the 33rd Infantry regiment, Corrington´s main fighting force in the colonies, was also dispatched to the island: The 2nd bataillion under the command of Major Travis Bexley.

Major Travis Bexley.

The two forces finally met in the last days of March 616 on the beach of a small bay which is part of the greater Golden Bay on the northern coast of Serentia:

The Mardierans had never reclaimed their fort, because they considered it cursed or more probably biologically contaminated.

Naval gunfire support was unavailable for both sides, due to the ships being on missions elsewhere.

Corrington needed all it´s ships for convoy escort duties at that time.

Here we see disposition of forces during the night before the battle:

The Mardierans had camped on the eastern part of the beach with a picket line for security on a big sanddune / ridge.

The 2nd bataillion had camped on the western part of the beach also with a picket line oriented eastward.

There was also a second Corrington unit in the area of operations: A detachment of the Queen´s Rifles Regiment.

The Queen´s Rifles Regiment was at that time a new and experimental unit. They were a unit of sharpshooters that used tactics that were unconventional and considered even dishonourable by some members of the military establishment.

In the morning both sides formed up for battle:

Capitano Alonso ordered the 121st Compania Infanteria and the supporting artillery to take defensive positions on the ridge.

Until today the ridge is named Capitano´s ridge, there is a nice fish restaurant and beachbar there, also named Capitano´s.

In the west the 2nd bataillion took a standard wedge attack formation with two companies up front and one company following.

The 2nd bataillion attacked and suffered losses from the Mardieran artillery using anti-personnel canister shots.

Meanwhile the Queen´s Rifles detachment passed the Mardieran position unnoticed in the jungle.

The Queen´s Rifles took a position in the jungle on the rear flank of the Mardierans and their snipers went to work.

Soon the Mardieran artillery became ineffective, due to the Queen´s Rifles shooting at the gun crews.

Being attacked from the front by the 2nd bataillion and from the rear flank by the Queen´s Rifles and having lost their artillery support, the morale of the 121st Compania broke.

The surviving officer Teniente Hermoso surrendered to Major Bexley.

Capitano Alonso had been killed by the Rifle´s sniper fire.

Thus the island of Serentia was secured for the Queen and Corrington.

What tactical conclusions can we draw from the battle?

Edited April 1, 2016 by Brickwolf

[blackdeathgr]

Hehehe! A nice idea! Does the history lesson continue sir??

[Gideon]

Great idea!

[Fuzzy MacFuzz]

Brilliant idea, gives a refreshingly different perspective on things...and enables a bigger battle than anything we have been able to model so far.

Its a shame your last pic is out of focus though, and a better background might have improved it further.

[Brickwolf]

Hehehe! A nice idea! Does the history lesson continue sir??

That is possible. I really like the format.

Someday the Royal military Academy will also accept exchange students from Oleon.

Great idea!

Thank you

[The Sarge]

I really like the premise, and I hope you continue with it. I hate to be the one to bring it up but - we can only have six photos per entry. Do you think you could edit a few of those photos into a single one? Then you'd still be eligible.

[SkaForHire]

I really like the premise, and I hope you continue with it. I hate to be the one to bring it up but - we can only have six photos per entry. Do you think you could edit a few of those photos into a single one? Then you'd still be eligible.

Agreed, we can make a caveat for the map, since it is not related to the actual MOC.

Also, it may be OK to leave the portraits, but I will wait until a judge that can actually judge your entry chimes in, since you are in my faction, I can't really make the final say here.

[CelesAurivern]

A fresh and interesting way of telling the story.

I like it!

[Captain Braunsfeld]

I wanna be your drill instructor ... a bit modern, but I like the depiction of the battle.

[TitusV]

Nice presentation, only comment:

Meanwhile the Queen´s Rifles detachment passed the Mardieran position unnoticed in the jungle.

Shouldn't there be soms vegetation or so then?

Anyway, just a remark. Cool build!

[Brickwolf]

I deleted some pictures.

Edited April 1, 2016 by Brickwolf

[Sir Stig]

Nice format, even though it is a slight spoiler that the world still exists in the future

[Elostirion]

Creative and unique entry, I like the idea and execution.

Edited April 2, 2016 by Elostirion

[Bregir]

Haha, very cool way of showing the battle.

Very innovative - I like it - and it is nice to hear the story of how the Queen's Rifles earned their reputation! (Although shooting at Officers do seem very ungentlemanlike! )